Actor Says He Considered Suicide Following TBI
Following a severe injury in 2014, Tracy Morgan recently revealed he considered taking his own life following a traumatic brain injury he suffered as a result of the crash, which also killed his close friend.
“I thought about suicide man,” the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports Morgan said on Howard Stern‘s show on Sirius/XM. “I was that damaged in the hospital man. I didn’t want to live … I was struggling to say words. I couldn’t walk.”
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The accident occurred when a Walmart truck crashed into his limo bus from behind.
“That crash turned me into an emotional wreck,” Morgan said. “Anybody out there listening, you try to get hit by a truck going that fast with 85,000 pounds of frozen food in the back, watch what it
In the interview he reportedly talked about how the Walmart trucker, Kevin Roper from Jonesboro , had fallen asleep at the wheel after driving too many hours. Morgan’s mentor Jimmy McNair died as a result of injuries he sustained in the crash.
“You can’t do that,” Morgan said. “It cost my good man his life.”
When asked if he could ever forgive Roper, Morgan said he just isn’t there yet.
“I pray to God all the time for the strength to do that,” Morgan said in the interview. “I don’t ask for nothing else, just the strength … It was more than the money. It was justice for Jimmy and all those involved.”
Roper pled not guilty in February to aggravated manslaughter, vehicular homicide and eight counts of aggravated assault.
“Following the crash, Morgan suffered severe brain trauma, broken ribs and a broken leg,” the article reads. “He was in a coma for more than a week and came out blind for several days. He had to learn to walk and talk again and sequestered himself in his house for several months. He wondered if he’d ever be able to be funny again. He said his young daughter inspired him to recuperate. After seven months, he said ‘I decided to take my life back. I gotta live!’”
